THURSDAY, May 8th, 2008, AT 10:25 PM, PT

MMA Or CAGE FIGHTS?

If you have ever worn an ISCF Shirt that has the ISCF logo on it, you may have had someone ask, "What's MMA?" Then when you explain to them it's "Cage Fighting" they always reply with, "Oh... OK."

Well, for that very reason, the ISCF will soon offer a choice of web address logos. The usual logo will remain the same with ISCFMMA.com, but we have also acquired the web address, ISCFCageFights.com. The new address is not a different web site, it just links directly to the existing ISCF Site but has a different address. The ISCF will soon offer additional merchandise from shirts to hats etc. etc. with the new web address. This way, many of us will no longer need to explain to those we meet, "What is MMA?"

FULL TOURNAMENT RESULTS COMING TOMORROW!

MONDAY, May 5th, 2008, AT 1:30 AM, PT

"Walkin The Walk!"
QUICK RESULTS
From This Years
2008 ISCF World Classic Amateur Championships!

Two things were promised prior to this weekend. All 81 Amateur MMA Fighters committed to themselves to give 110% and leave it all in the Cage in their quest for one of the ISCF World Classic Title Belts. The other promise was made by the ISCF to produce the best show possible with the best awards ever for the Amateur MMA Athletes who showed up to "Walk The Walk" at this years 2008 ISCF World Classic... The outcome...

BOTH PROVED TRUE!

There are many stories to tell about this past weekend. As well as all the Prelim results from Saturdays ISCF World Classic action. However all this will have to wait until later in the week as the ISCF staff spends the next few days traveling back home. In the mean time, here are the "Quick" results with the basic details about who took home the ISCF GOLD this past Sunday night at the US Cellular Center Arena in Cedar Rapids Iowa!

• SPECIAL Non Title Bout - Did not make their Division Weight but were matched for a bout.
  • Mike (Mickey) Bell Chicago, Illinois, USA Vs Casey Barrett Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
    • WINNER: Casey Barrett by TKO Due to Strikes at :41 seconds of round 1.
      • Bell is given a 30 day medical suspension until June 5th, 2008.

• NOVICE -ALTERNATE- WELTERWEIGHT: *ALTERNATE BRACKET TITLE (4 Man Bracket)
  (*) Registered after division was full, and since there were 4 fighters here, this is an actual TITLE BOUT.
  Kristoffer Donald, Inkster, Michigan, USA Vs Sean Fitzgerald, Brooklyn, New York USA.
  • WINNER: Sean Fitzgerald by unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 & 29-28.
  
  
  

• NOVICE DIVISION
  1. NOVICE BANTAMWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Adrian Rinas, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Vs Tommy Williams, Reno, Nevada, USA.
     • WINNER: Adrian Rinas by TKO due to Strikes at 2:17 of round 3.
       • Williams is given a 30 day medical suspension until June 5th, 2008.
     
     
  2. NOVICE FEATHERWEIGHT (5 Man Bracket)
     Mike Powell, Waterloo, Iowa, USA Vs Kelly Odneal, Liberty, Missouri, USA.
     • WINNER: Mike Powell by unanimous decision 30-27, all three judges cards.
     
     
  3. NOVICE LIGHTWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Chad Buckley, Hobart, Indiana, USA Vs Dustin Poirier, Carencro, Louisiana, USA.
     • WINNER: Dustin Poirier by TKO due to strikes at :35 seconds of round 2.
       • Buckley is given a 30 day medical suspension until June 5th, 2008.
     
     
  4. NOVICE WELTERWEIGHT (8 Man Bracket)
     Jose Maldonado, Hammond, Indiana, USA Vs Mike Vanderlei, Hollister, California, USA.
     • WINNER: Jose Maldonado by Knockout at :14 seconds into Round 1.
       • Vanderlei is given a 45 day medical suspension until June 20th, 2008.
     
     
  5. NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT (7 Man Bracket)
     Marc Gervais, Liverpool, New York, USA Vs Eric Scallan, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
     • WINNER: Eric Scallan by split decision, 29-28 Scallan, 29-28 Scallan and 29-28 Gervais.
     
     
  6. NOVICE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (4 Man Bracket)
     Charles Hackmann, Mascoutah, Illinois, USA Vs Jacob Eades, Dunkerton, Iowa, USA.
     • WINNER: Jacob Eades by Knockout at :46 seconds of round 2.
       • Hackmann is given a 45 day medical suspension until June 20th, 2008.
     
     
  7. NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Jake Goode, St. Augustine, Florida, USA Vs Adam Jensen, Olathe, Kansas, USA.
     • WINNER: Adam Jensen due to injury forfeit. Goode was unable to fight due to a shoulder injury sustained in his last bout.
     
     
  8. NOVICE SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (2 Man Bracket)
     Arnold Adams, Chicago, Illinois, USA Vs Patrick Long, Oak Park, Illinois, USA.
     • WINNER: Arnold Adams by Knockout at :2:27 of round 1.
       • Long is given a 45 day medical suspension until June 20th, 2008.

• OPEN DIVISION
  1. OPEN BANTAMWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Lloyd Carter, Lake Station, Indiana, USA Vs Umaer Haq, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
     • WINNER: Umaer Haq by unanimous decision 29-28 on all three judges cards.
     
     
  2. OPEN FEATHERWEIGHT (5 Man Bracket)
     William Joplin, Ashland, Missouri, USA Vs Brent Hess, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
     • WINNER: Brent Hess by unanimous decision, 30-27 on all three judges cards.
     
     
  3. OPEN LIGHTWEIGHT (5 Man Bracket)
     Jay White, Centralia, Missouri, USA Vs Derrick Krantz, Marshall, Texas, USA.
     • WINNER: Derrick Krantz by TKO at 2:42 of round 1 due to strikes.
       • White is given a 30 day medical suspension until June 5th, 2008.
     
     
  4. OPEN WELTERWEIGHT (3 Man Bracket)
     Brian Kleck, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA Vs Tyler Blend, Fort Madison, Iowa, USA.
     • WINNER: Brian Kleck due to TKO by strikes at :28 seconds of round 1.
       Kleck becomes the first and only DOUBLE winner at the ISCF World Classic having won the Novice title in 2007 and now the open title in 2008.
       • Blend is given a 30 day medical suspension until June 5th, 2008.
       
       
  5. OPEN MIDDLEWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Matthew Gragg, St Joseph, Missouri, USA Vs Jason Foley, Chubbuck, Idaho, USA.
     • WINNER: Matthew Gragg due to injury forfeit. Foley was unable to fight due to an eye injury sustained in his last bout.
     
     
  6. OPEN LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (4 Man Bracket)
     John Cantu, Hobart, Indiana, USA Vs Mark Adams, Douglasville, Georgia, USA.
     • WINNER: John Cantu by Tap Out from rear naked choke at 1:48 of round 2.
     
     
  7. OPEN HEAVYWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Tim Hemingway, Chicago, Illinois, USA Vs Chris Goodwin, Novelty, Missouri, USA.
     • WINNER: Tim Hemingway by TKO due to strikes at 1:32 of round 1.
       • Goodwin is given a 30 day medical suspension until June 5th, 2008.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CHAMPIONS
BUT ALSO... TO ALL The CONTENDERS who showed up this weekend to
"Walk The Walk!"

SUNDAY, May 4th, 2008, AT 9:00 AM, PT

CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY
2008 ISCF World Classic Amateur Championship Tournament

Of of the total of 121 Registered fighters, as weigh-ins started, there were 102 fighters still listed as scheduled on the board to show up to "Walk the Walk" at this years 2008 ISCF MMA World Classic. Of them, 86 did. Of those, 2 of them pulled out before weigh-ins due to injuries to avoid suspension. From there, 81 made weight, and were scheduled to fight for one of the 7 Open or 8 Novice Class Titles and Belts.

Tonight at 6:00 PM at the US Cellular Center Arena in Cedar Rapids Iowa we will see who walks away with the GOLD! Here are the fighters who fought their way through all the others to "Walk the Walk" later tonight in Sunday's Championship bouts.

• SPECIAL Non Title Bout - Did not make their Division Weight but were matched for a bout.
  • Mike (Mickey) Bell Chicago, Illinois, USA Vs Casey Barrett Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

• NOVICE DIVISION
  1. NOVICE BANTAMWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Adrian Rinas, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Vs Tommy Williams, Reno, Nevada, USA.
     
     
  2. NOVICE FEATHERWEIGHT (5 Man Bracket)
     Mike Powell, Waterloo, Iowa, USA Vs Kelly Odneal, Liberty, Missouri, USA.
     
     
  3. NOVICE LIGHTWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Chad Buckley, Hobart, Indiana, USA Vs Dustin Poirier, Carencro, Louisiana, USA.
     
     
  4. NOVICE WELTERWEIGHT (8 Man Bracket)
     Jose Maldonado, Hammond, Indiana, USA Vs Mike Vanderlei, Hollister, California, USA.
     
     
     • NOVICE -ALTERNATE- WELTERWEIGHT: *ALTERNATE BRACKET TITLE (4 Man Bracket)
       (*) Registered after division was full, and since there were 4 fighters here, this is an actual TITLE BOUT.
       Kristoffer Donald, Inkster, Michigan, USA Vs Sean Fitzgerald, Brooklyn, New York USA.
       
       
  5. NOVICE MIDDLEWEIGHT (7 Man Bracket)
     Marc Gervais, Liverpool, New York, USA Vs Eric Scallan, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
     
     
  6. NOVICE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (4 Man Bracket)
     Charles Hackmann, Mascoutah, Illinois, USA Vs Jacob Eades, Dunkerton, Iowa, USA.
     
     
  7. NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Jake Goode, St. Augustine, Florida, USA Vs Adam Jensen, Olathe, Kansas, USA.
     
     
  8. NOVICE SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (2 Man Bracket)
     Arnold Adams, Chicago, Illinois, USA Vs Patrick Long, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

• OPEN DIVISION
  1. OPEN BANTAMWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Lloyd Carter, Lake Station, Indiana, USA Vs Umaer Haq, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
     
     
  2. OPEN FEATHERWEIGHT (5 Man Bracket)
     William Joplin, Ashland, Missouri, USA Vs Brent Hess, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
     
     
  3. OPEN LIGHTWEIGHT (5 Man Bracket)
     Jay White, Centralia, Missouri, USA Vs Derrick Krantz, Marshall, Texas, USA.
     
     
  4. OPEN WELTERWEIGHT (3 Man Bracket)
     Brian Kleck, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA Vs Tyler Blend, Fort Madison, Iowa, USA.
     
     • Brian Kleck (Right) of Chesterfield, Missouri, USA (7-1, 170, 6'1" 27, 8-11-80 Benny Voyles) has a chance to be the first fighter to win both the Novice division title and the Open Division title tonight as he takes on Tyler Blend of Fort Madison, Iowa, USA (2-1, 170, 5'9" 20, 12-15-87 Derek Dogherty).
       At last years inaugural 2007 ISCF World Classic Kleck won the ISCF Novice Division title as he defeated Adam Roske of St. Joseph, Missouri, USA (1-1, 165, 5'7") by rear naked choke at 2:44 of round 1 to win the Novice Welterweight class. Prior to that Kleck fought through a 2 others in his 5 man bracket to make it to the title bout. He first faced and defeated Christopher Pille of Lavrel, Maryland, Georgia, USA by rear naked choke at :19 seconds of round 1. He next faced Kristoffer Donald of Inkster, Michigan, USA and defeated him by triangle choke at 2:55 of round 1. At yesterdays prelim, Kleck defeated Steve Pillott of Boise, Idaho, USA by unanimous decision, 30-27 on all three judges cards.
       
       
  5. OPEN MIDDLEWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Matthew Gragg, St Joseph, Missouri, USA Vs Jason Foley, Chubbuck, Idaho, USA.
     
     
  6. OPEN LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (4 Man Bracket)
     John Cantu, Hobart, Indiana, USA Vs Mark Adams, Douglasville, Georgia, USA.
     
     
  7. OPEN HEAVYWEIGHT (6 Man Bracket)
     Tim Hemingway, Chicago, Illinois, USA Vs Chris Goodwin, Novelty, Missouri, USA

Full results of EVERY bout will follow here on the ISCF News page after the tournament. Good luck to all the Contenders tonight who are all prepared to "Walk The Walk" yet again to "Bring It On" and bring home the Gold!

For actual fight card in tonights running order, please click HERE.

FRIDAY, May 2nd, 2008, AT 9:10 AM, PT

True Fight Fan L.L.C. Presents
"CLASH IN THE CAGE"
Grain Valley, Missouri, USA

• WHEN: Friday, May 2nd, 2008
• WHO: True Fight Fan L.L.C.
• WHERE: Whiskey Tango, Grain Valley, Missouri, USA
• WHAT: ISCF Pro & Amateur Mixed Martial Arts
• ISCF Representative: Chuck Wolfe
• ISCF Referee: Dominic Brown
• ISCF Judges: Stewart Venable, Brian Holmes, Chris Wolfe
• Ringside Doctor: Dr. Rance McClain
• ISCF PROMOTER: Mr. Phil Jones at (816) 651-5087 or by e-mail at phil@truefightfan.com
• ON THE WEB: www.TrueFightFan.com

1. AMATEUR MMA: Rob Russell VS Patrick Hill
2. AMATEUR MMA: Jamal Rankins VS Luke Denney
3. GRAPPLING: Mike Haun vs Shane Denton

THURSDAY, May 1st, 2008, AT 8:50 AM, PT

Iowa Fighters
Talk Up MMA Training & Upcoming
ISCF MMA World Classic

A few moments ago, several Iowa MMA fighters did an interview on local Rock 108 (107.9) - www.rock108.com station. The 4 fighters, Chad Weyland (1-0, 154, 5'8" 30, 9-9-77) Mike Powell (1-0, 145, 5'6" 28, 11-27-79) Joe Ayala (5-0, 135, 5'9" 25, 7-25-82) and Josh Bumgarner (10-4, 164, 6'1" 25, 5-21-82) all took turns talking about the sport, the event and what it takes to be an MMA fighter.

All 4 are contenders in this weekends ISCF MMA World Classic at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids Iowa. They also took some time to thank their sponsors of course. All are from Waterloo, Iowa, USA and trained by Russ O'Connell.

As of this posting there are 102 Amateur MMA Fighters still confirmed to fight out of the original 121 who registered. At 102 fighters it's still way ahead of the first ISCF MMA world Classic held in Cedar Rapids last year. In that first event, there were 103 registered fighters but by this time (Prior to the weigh-ins) that number had dropped down to only 76. After weigh-ins, 58 made weight and fought in the 46 total bouts over the weekend. In defense of last years loss, many admitted after the event that they didn't believe it was going to be as good as it was. Doubting the number of awards, competition, organization etc. etc, many thought it best to pass on the first year of this great event. After being disappointed they did not follow through last year, many of them signed up for the tournament this year vowing they will indeed show up to "Walk the Walk!"

Last year fighters attended from 19 States (Missouri, Iowa, Nevada, California, New York, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, Ohio and Wisconsin) and one from Alberta, Canada. For 2008 there are fighters attending from 22 States. The top 10 states in regards to number of contenders are;

1. Missouri with 17 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
2. Illinois with 13 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
3. Iowa with 12 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
4. Indiana with 8 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
5. Michigan with 7 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
6. Kansas with 6 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
7. New York with 6 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
8. Texas with 5 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
9. California with 5 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.
10. Idaho with 4 fighters scheduled to attend as of Thursday, May 1st.

The other States with fighters attending as of Thursday, May 1st include:

1. Florida
2. Nevada
3. North Carolina
4. Virginia
5. Louisiana
6. Colorado
7. Ohio
8. Tennessee
9. Nebraska
10. Maryland
11. Georgia
12. Arizona